When will major buyer demand for electric cars arrive? Poll results

John Voelcker Jun 27, 2017 Follow John Add to circle 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV electric cars outside dealership [photo: Patrick Reid] Enlarge Photo With modern electric cars about to enter their eighth year on sale, they remain a tiny fraction of the North American and global markets. While plug-in models now make up almost 1 of every 20 vehicles sold in California, in the U.S. overall and globally it's more like 1 percent. The hurdles to getting shoppers to consider electric cars are well-documented—high purchase price, lack of awareness, and dealer recalcitrance among them—but analysts are confident their time will come. DON'T MISS: How many Tesla Model 3s will be delivered by Dec 31? Poll results The question is when "consumer pull" will start to supplant "regulatory push" and the sales curve for electric cars will start to rise much more rapidly. That's what sales experts...